podcast interview sara

Sarah is a pharmacy major and is considering specializing in nuclear pharmacy or clinical pharmacy. She enjoys chemistry and has been encouraged by her aunt, who is a clinical pharmacist. The science classes, particularly physics and organic chemistry, have been challenging for her. Sarah is part of a program that guarantees her entry into pharmacy school as long as she maintains good grades. She plans to pursue a residency after pharmacy school and aims for stability and independence in her career. Despite the academic workload, Sarah has made friends and enjoyed her college experience. She is impressed with Sarah's dedication and believes her GPA program is beneficial. Sarah's family's background in healthcare and her roommate's support have been helpful. Overall, Sarah is passionate about pharmacy and looks forward to her future endeavors. Well, pharmacy is such a broad career path, you can really do a lot with it. I'm planning on doing nuclear pharmacy, which deals with radioactive medicines, or clinical pharmacy, which takes place in a hospital setting. I think that's so cool, because like, personally I've never met, or like I've heard of someone who's wanted to do that, especially growing up and being really bad at science. Like at all my science classes, I'm not good at chemistry, I'm not good at environmental science, which I'm taking right now, and it's just, that sounds really tough. It has been pretty tough, but science has always been my favorite subject, so I've really enjoyed it so far. So like, what about it that makes you enjoy it? I've always really loved chemistry, and pharmacy has tons of chemistry in it, so that's nice. And also, both of my parents work in healthcare, so I grew up loving that sort of stuff. I think that's so cool that both of your parents work in healthcare. My sisters, they both work at a doctor's offices back at home, so I guess you can consider them the only healthcare workers in my family. But I also know that my cousin is like, working in biology, so that's also like, pretty interesting. Oh, that's like, really interesting. Speaking of sisters, my sister just graduated in December from the College of Nursing, and now she's working in Charleston as a nurse, so she's taking after the healthcare side of my family. What made you want to be a mass communications major? Well, I've always been a really good writer, and I've always been able to put out really good writing work, and my former English teachers, like, even starting in middle school and high school, they've always encouraged me to, like, love reading and writing, so I guess that, like, is what helped me push forward with my major. Speaking of encouragement, who could you say is the person that's, like, always encouraged you to pursue pharmacy? I would definitely say my aunt has encouraged me to pursue pharmacy. She's a clinical pharmacist, so she's just done a lot with that and showed me, and explained to me a lot about pharmacy, and I've really just grown up with her and liking it. Now, I don't know much about pharmacy, but how has the workload throughout college been, or what subjects, classes, have been merely more difficult than others? I would definitely have to say, like, the science classes have been the hardest, so physics and organic chemistry, to be specific. Physics is pretty tough, but organic chemistry, I'd say, has definitely been the hardest, and I'm actually in organic chemistry two right now, and we had a pop quiz today, and I did not know it was going on. Oh, gosh, I get that. Last spring semester, I took accounting, which is supposed to be one of the more challenging classes in the business school, and throughout the semester, I definitely struggled, and I understand where you're coming from. Yeah, it's been tough, but it'll definitely be worth it in the end. For sure, especially after all the hard work the past four years. Yeah. I remember last year, you were telling me that you were in some type of program for your major. Like, what is it again? It's called the Gencock Pharmacy Assurance Program, and basically what it does, it just guarantees me entry into pharmacy school without having to actually really, like, apply, and I get in as long as I just keep my grades up, basically. That's actually so convenient, and I bet a stress reliever in some sort of way, because you're pretty much guaranteed getting into pharmacy school. It's definitely convenient, even though I had to work hard to get in there. I had to interview and apply to the program, so it's definitely not easy to get into, but it's definitely convenient compared to, like, medical school, because I don't believe they have that sort of entry, so it's really nice, and I'm really glad I made it in. Yeah, you're so right. My roommate, Sif, right now is actually pre-med, and she's currently studying for the MCAT, so she doesn't really have the same sort of program, to my knowledge, at least, like pharmacy does. Anyway, going back to the topic of pharmacy school, we're about to enter our junior year, and I know that this upcoming fall semester, you're actually going to begin pharmacy school, so how do you necessarily feel about that? I feel very scared about it. It's going to be a lot of work and a lot of credit hours compared to this semester, so I'm going to have to prepare for that, but although it's pretty daunting, my roommate, Olivia, is going to go through the process with me, so it'll be a lot easier, considering we're going to have similar schedules and everything, and just get through it all together. That sounds pretty stressful, but I'm sure you'll do great, especially having Olivia, who is also your roommate, going down the same road as you. Now we're going to talk about post-pharmacy school, so what do you plan on accomplishing by then? After getting through pharmacy school and all my clinicals and everything, I definitely plan to pursue a residency, so I'll be ready for the workforce, and once I have a job, which I mentioned earlier would be nuclear or clinical, I'll figure it out by then. Basically, I do not know right now, but once I have this job, I just plan on being self-sufficient and independent, basically, and just having stability. I definitely agree that stability is super important, most notably for intense careers. I just think it's really impressive how a girl your age can just handle all the current academic waves. Yeah, thanks. I'm really happy I've made it this far, and I definitely expect to in my future endeavors as well. That's so great. I'm so happy for you. For my last question, how has pharmacy overall affected your college experience? I, for one, being the major that I am, have been able to enjoy the perks outside of the academics because I've been able to make amazing friends along the way and able to experience true adulthood. Yeah, that's really amazing. I'm really glad that you've been able to make amazing friends and have a good college experience in general. As for me, apart from the grueling academic aspects, I've also enjoyed the perks of being a pharmacy major, especially in the GPA program, where I've met and become friends with so many people that are going through the same thing, including my roommate, Olivia. Other than that, though, I've made plenty of friends outside of pharmacy, including you and our former suite mates, and I've really loved college so far. Today for my podcast review, I'm going to be talking with my friend and my old roommate, Sarah, and we're going to be discussing her future as a pharmacy major, or it's also known as pharmaceutical sciences, if you want to get fancy. I remember when I met her last year, I was genuinely so confused on what her major was because I had personally never heard of it, which, I mean, now looking back on it, it's really embarrassing because it's so obvious. It's literally in the name, but we're going to be getting into how her schedule is academically wise and all the ups and downs of her major. I genuinely believe that she's the smartest person I know because her GPA is amazing. It's a 4.0, and it's really impressive how she keeps up with it. Last year, the difference between us was crazy to me because I would be in my bed all day not studying, always watching something on Netflix or a streaming app, and then there's her. She's at her desk working on her physics homework. She's just grinding, which is amazing to me because I wish I could do that. Last year really told me a lot about the difference in our majors. The workload is just not comparable, but the first basic thing I want to ask you is what can you tell me about pharmacy? Today, Sarah and I just really got into what it's like to be a pharmacy major. I mean, clearly, it's a more difficult major, at least it sounds like it to me, because I am so bad at science and keeping up with heavy workload. I never really understood how much work it was, but now I understand why you're always at that desk going at it. That GPA program that you're into must have been really difficult to get accepted. I think it's a great program. It has all the benefits that a future pharmacist would want, I believe. I think it's really great how you have that support system in your family because they're on healthcare, which is honestly so nice and convenient because you can literally just call one of them up and ask for help. I also think having Olivia as your roommate is nice because I know you guys always study together and are attached to the hip when it comes to academics. Overall, though, I'm really glad that you enjoy it and have a passion for it because I know you need a certain kind of motivation for that. I need to take a page out of your book, learn from you, and find that type of drive. That's it. Thank you so much for being a part of my interview today.